with wit, free from even the flightest tincture of ill nature; and the characteristics of all the parties, as far as they are known to us, are equally pointed and juft. As a fpecimen, we shall give the epitaph on the celebrated orator, Mr. Burke: Here lies our good Edmund, whofe genius was such, The lines on Mr. Garrick are perhaps the most masterly part of this very agreeable fragment; but they have been fufficiently retailed in the news-papers. Art. 17. The Choice; a Poem. By Samuel Rogers. 4to. Is. Richardfon, &c. Mr. Rogers has juft notions of the economy of private life, and of the obligations of religion and morality; but he totally mistakes his talents if he thinks himself half fo great a poet even as Pomfret. We tell him this truth in pure good will, because we are pleased with his fentiments and in the hope that he will, hereafter, be cautious of injuring his own thoughts by attempting to clothe them in verse. Art. 18. The Progrefs of Gallantry, a Poetical Effay, in three Cantos. 4to. 1 s, 6 d. DodЛley. 1774. : Contains feveral good moral fentiments and obfervations, with a moderate fhare of poetical merit. Art. 19. The Gamefters. A Poem. A Poem. Addreffed to the Mayor of C Second Edition. 12mo. IS. Lewis. 1774. Relates to the Canterbury Tale, noticed in our Review for laft month, p. 224 At that city the story is probably interesting; and the perfons concerned may have fufficiently expofed themfelves. But as the affair is local, the fatire here exhibited cannot be expected to draw the attention of the public in general. The poem has fome humour, and offers very good advice. Should it imprefs any mind with a fenfe of the moft ridiculous folly, as well as deftructive confequences of gaming, a vice now fo greatly prevalent, it will anfwer a very valuable end. Hi. Art. 20. Medico Maftix, or Phyfic Craft detected, a fatirico didactic Poem. 4to. IS. Evans. This poem would more properly be entitled Empirico Maftix, for the fatire is moft particularly levelled at the induftrious fraternity of Quacks. The Author does not appear to be of that fraternity; but * Another copy fays, Dicky Whitworth. acknowledges acknowledges himself of the Faculty. However, we cannot indulge him with Gilbert Cooper's compliment to Dr. Akenfide, that he is the twofold Difciple of Apollo; for, as a Poet, he claims only a diftant relationship to the family of the WELL ENOUGHS. L. Art. 21. Richard Plantagenet, a Legendary Tale, now firft Published, by Mr. Hull. 4to. 25. Bell. 1774 This is a fimple ftory, the hero of which is fuppofed to be a natural fon of Richard the Third, who is privately brought up under the care of a Clergyman, and kept in ignorance of his birth till the evening preceding the battle of Bofworth; in which his father loft his life and his crown. It was, afterwards, the fon's fortune to work as a Bricklayer for Sir Thomas Moyle, at Eaftwell in Kent, for the fpace ofbo years. To this gentleman, at last, he communicates the ftory of his birth; and the narrative forms the poem. We can fay nothing in favour of the compofition. The Author plainly wants tafte and talents for this kind of poetry. Where he aims at fimplicity, he falls beneath it, and mistakes it for filliness; a kind of diction which has prevailed much of late, and which we have frequently condemned. What a piteous imitation of Sternhold's rhyme have we in the following ftanza! But now thy tongue hath spoke aloud Thy grateful piet ee, No longer be thy story kept In painful fecresee There is a difagreeable epithetical fliffness in the following line: In thofe care-woven, long protracted years. And in W Plac'd in a rural, foft, ferene retreat, With a deep-learn'd Divine I held abode. The former line is overloaded with uncharacteristic epithets, always a mark of bad writing, whether in profe or poetry; deeplearn'd is harth and unpoetical, and held abode is stiff. น Art. 22. An Elegy on the Fears of Death, by the Author of the Difference between Words reputed fynonimous, after the Manner of Girard, Hogarth moralized, &c. &c. 4to. 1s. 6d. Bell. J1774 This fixpenny poem, confifting of 11 pages, 12 lines on a page, and modeftly charged 1s. 6d. we are previoufly told, is the firft poetical attempt of a Clergyman. In putting fuch an extravagant price upon it, we fuppofe that he or his Bookfeller muft charge for coining new words, one of which occurs p. 2. "He neither liftens to the youngly tale," Or elfe having before their eyes the late fatal decifion concerning literary property, and regretting that this poem fhall in the space of 28 years become a prey to the rapacity of thofe notorious rogues, the Scotch Bookfellers, they are determined to make the most of it while they may. In that cafe they may fay as the Author fays in his Poem, Why fear we then the pe-ri-od of all? Toward the conclufion, the Author grows most astonishingly fublime: The Empyrean pierce, and rend the Welkin's ear! The The Welkin's ear! there's a thought! could the Author only have found breath enough to have proceeded with the fame dignity, he would have been a Prince of an Author indeed. Had he exhibited the tottering condition of the Ecliptic's legs, the Equator's nofe, &c. a Prince of an Author would he have been ! 4. Art. 23. Poems, by Mr. Jefferfon. Second Edition. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Griffin, &c. 1773. Tad thefe Poems been worth the leaft notice, fome apology fhould have been made to the Author, and the Public, for overlooking them fo long; but they were amongst thofe things that drop deadborn from the Prefs; and to be in hafte about registering them in our monthly bills of mortality, was very immaterial. 4. Art 24 Elefair and Evander, a Poem: by S. P. founded on Fact, being an Hiftorical Narrative of two unfortunate Lovers, whom the Author relieved in Carolina, in the year 1766. 4to. 25. Snagg. 1774. No; no indulgence in this court for printing at the folicitation of friends: That plea is totally excluded: + Hence first arofe the fad unhappy ftate, Of many a hungry paunch, and many a fore-fcratch'd pate.'L, Art. 25. The Mufe in a Fright; or Britannia's Lamentation: A Rhapfody. Containing a fuccinct Account of the Rife and Progress of British Liberty, and the Establishment of the Press; with the Methods now taking to deftroy it. In which will be difplayed, a number of whole length Characters, &c. 4to. 1s. 6d, Bew. The Author's meaning is fo good, that we fincerely wish he was a better Poet. X W Art. 26. The Estate Orators, a Town Eclogu 4to. 15. Evans. That foppery of phrafe which Architects, Designers, HeadGardners, and Auctioneers, in particular, affect in their defcriptions and advertisements, is here properly enough treated with ridicule; and it would have done very well in a poetical fling, or a cafual effay in an Evening Paper, but the fubject is too low for the importance of a pamphlet. The poem is one of the well enoughs. L Art. 27. La Cloche De L'Ame: or Confcience the loudest Knell. A Satyr. Occafioned by feveral late Complaints from Places of Public Refort, of the too long and frequent tolling of the Bells at Deaths and Funerals. To which is added, Vigiliana Noviffima: or the reformed Watchman. The fecond Edition. With feveral confiderable Alterations and Additions. 8vo. 6d. Towers. 1774. Whether any fuch complaint as that intimated in the above title. has been seriously made, we cannot determine: If it has, it may afford fome juft occafion for fatire. It is very proper that those whofe lives are chiefly devoted to luxury and diffipation, fhould be fometimes reminded of the folemn and awful conclufion which fo speedily approaches! But the thought may be the Author's own invention, * This book was first sold at York. + By Woty. + P. 5. for for the fake of prefenting his poem to the public in a ftriking manner. Yet, however good his defign, his poetical talents are not to be much commended. Hi. Art. 28. A Familiar Epistle to the Author of the Heroic Epifle to Sir William Chambers, and of the Heroic Poffcript to the Public. 4to. 1 s. 6 d. Wilkie. 1774. The fpirited Author of the Heroic Epiftle, &c. having * announced his refolution, fhould occafion require, to employ the thunder of his fong, Rolling in deep ton'd energy along," against the nefarious attempts of arbitrary governors or corrupt fenators, to invade the liberties or fquander the properties of his countrymen, the prefent Writer steps forward to expoftulate with the Heroic Bard on the vanity and folly of fuch an attempt. He keenly ridicules the Poftfcript throughout; and has, indeed, in the language of Admiral Hawke, given the author a found drubbing. He concludes with an excellent leffon for thofe fplenetic geniuses who are fo wondrous prompt on every, or on no, occafion, 66 to lift aloft the Satyr's rod, And tread the paths which great Lucilius trod f." When 'cap'd from dread of Fortune's pow'r, Yet fometimes broken folitude, While, with a heart not flow to prove, My theme's delight, fing of love. " Or thoughts commercing with the fky," But mildly gay, with am'rous guile See Review for February laft, p. 155 + We cannot refift the temptation to tranfcribe the lines alluded to, above; and every feeling heart will thank us for them. Glancing я de .iH Glancing at all that Fancy fends, -O ye rude fouls, who never gain Your hearts could ne'er the boon revere MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 29. The Antiquities of Richborough and Reculver. Abridged from the Latin of Mr. Archdeacon Battely. 12mo. 35. Johnfon. 1774. This fhort account of the ancient state of the life of Thanet will afford amusement to thofe who have a tafte for antiquities. The antiquary muft, on this fubject, as well as many others, be fometimes contented with conjecture; but conjecture, to a perfon thoroughly engaged in thefe purfuits, is often highly fatisfactory. ai Dr. Battely was Chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft, Prebendary of Canterbury, and Archdeacon of the Diocefe; and died in 1708. Dr. Terry, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, published his Antiquitates Rutupine in 1711, and they ate now first tranflated fass fuppofe) by the Rev. Mr. John Lewis has added, a fhort differtation on the ancient ports of Richborough and Sandwich, which was read before the Society of Antiquaries, Oct. 11, 1744: In which differtation he differs, in fome respects, from Dr. Battely's account. The Translation is new. The original of this work is elegantly compofed in Latin, in the form of a dialogue between the Author and his two learned friends and brother-chaplains, Dr. Henry Maurice and Mr. Henry Wharton: But as the dialogue method rendered the relation rather prolix, it was thought that the translation would be more acceptable to an English reader, in a smaller, though lefs claffic form, as a differta tion, or effay. Dr. Battely appears to have been well acquainted with |